[tips] Conditional joke

2015-04-22 Thread michael sylvester
re love and intimacy first,you have a promise ring then engagement ring then wedding ring and finally suffering re the hypothalamus it controls the 4 fs feeding,fighting,fleeing,and sexual behavior michael --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is

Re: [tips] Conditional joke

2015-04-22 Thread Michael Britt
I think Chris and I may have seen the same list of jokes. I liked the Pavlov one, but I preferred this one even more: A buddhist monk approaches a burger foodtruck and says “make me one with everything.” The buddhist monk pays with a $20 bill, which the vendor takes, puts in his cash box, and

[tips] The variety of placebo experiences

2015-04-22 Thread michael sylvester
Remember the classic Schacter-Singer e xperiment where subjects were injected with epinepherine? And another (by different authors) where subjects were tolld that the glass of orange juice contained vodka? And the classic sham surgical operation procedures? But most people probably assume that a

Re: [tips] Conditional joke

2015-04-22 Thread Paul C Bernhardt
Thank you, I just read this joke to my history of psych class and chuckles were elicited. Paul Paul C Bernhardt Associate Professor of Psychology Frostburg State University pcbernhardt☞frostburg.eduhttp://frostburg.edu On Apr 21, 2015, at 11:36 PM, Christopher Green

Re: [tips] Conditional joke

2015-04-22 Thread Christopher Green
Proudly stolen from one of those online lists of “jokes so smart you won’t get them.” Chris ….. Christopher D Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 Canada chri...@yorku.ca http://www.yorku.ca/christo ... On Apr 22, 2015, at 7:01 AM, Stuart McKelvie

Re: [tips] Conditional joke

2015-04-22 Thread John Kulig
If this hasn't been posted before: Descartes sitting in a bar, orders a beer, drinks it .. Bartender says another beer sir?. Yes and drinks it ... At closing time, bartender says one last beer sir? Descartes says I think not and disappears == John W. Kulig, Ph.D.

Re: [tips] The variety of placebo experiences

2015-04-22 Thread Michael Scoles
Yes, I am sure that the more the placebo looks like a drug, the stronger the placebo effect. I'm not sure how to explain that, but Pavlov might have studied it. And who could ever forget *that* sham surgery procedure? On Tue, Apr 21, 2015 at 1:50 PM, michael sylvester msylves...@copper.net

Re: [tips] Conditional joke

2015-04-22 Thread Christopher Green
On Apr 22, 2015, at 9:25 AM, Michael Britt mich...@thepsychfiles.com wrote: I think Chris and I may have seen the same list of jokes. I liked the Pavlov one, but I preferred this one even more: A buddhist monk approaches a burger foodtruck and says “make me one with everything.” The

RE: [tips] Conditional joke

2015-04-22 Thread Stuart McKelvie
Dear Chris, Funny psychology jokes are rare. This is definitely one of them. Thanks for sharing it! Sincerely, Stuart __ “Recti Cultus Pectora Roborant” Stuart J. McKelvie, Ph.D., Department of Psychology, Bishop’s University, 2600 rue College, Sherbrooke (Borough